Watch List notes:

Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1554, Tower, full titles, busts vis-a-vis, crown above, dividing date, rev. crowned oval shield, dividing X-II, 6.22g, 4h, no m.m. (North 1967; Spink 2500), small split at 8 o'clock and some peripheral striking softness, evidence of rim smoothing from past mounting and a scarcely perceptible scratch through Mary's bust, otherwise the portrait's uniform and extraordinarily well struck up for issue, toned with accentuations of bluish flare in recesses, a most pleasing very fine for issue.

Estimate: £800 - £1200